Egypt: Mohamed El-Baqer: 1000 days of arbitrary detention
June 23, 2022 – Human rights defender Mohamed El-Baqer must be released immediately and unconditionally, stated 19 human rights organisations. His detention is arbitrary, aimed […]
Joint Statement
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Egypt: President must overturn unjust verdicts against politicians Aboul- Fotouh, Mohamed al-Qassas, Moaz al-Sharqawi, and Yahia Hussein Abdel Hadi
The undersigned organizations condemn the unjust sentences handed down on 29 May by the Emergency State Security Felony Court in Case no. 1059 of 2021 […]
Civil society to the UK Foreign Office: Free human rights defender Alaa Abd El-Fattah
To Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom Elizabeth Truss, and the UK Foreign Office 27 May, 2022 British-Egyptian […]
Egypt: Calls on the African Human Rights Committee to condemn violations in detention facilities in Egypt
Press release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 23, 2022 The Committee for Justice and ISHR said that despite repeated calls by […]
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Free Them All: A Fair and Transparent Process to Release Political Prisoners in Egypt
May 2022 1- Addressing the crisis of the arbitrary detention of political prisoners in Egypt is a necessary, urgent and long overdue step. Egypt has […]
Halt the execution of of 16 men sentenced to death by an Emergency Court
The undersigned human rights organizations called upon the the President of the Republic to halt the execution of the mass death sentences issued against 16 […]
Egypt: Atrocious prison conditions require genuine rather than superficial changes to the law regulating prisons
Egypt’s parliament approved the amendment of several provisions of Law no. 369 of 1956 on the regulation of prisons and it was ratified by President […]
Egypt: End arbitrary detention, Free them all
Twelve Egyptian activists have been on hunger strike since early February 2022 in protest of their prolonged pre-trial detention at Tora Prison Complex. Among them, […]
Egypt: Government must immediately close Case 173 and end assault on human rights organizations and defenders
The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian government’s failure to close Case no. 173 of 2011, commonly known as the “NGO Foreign Funding Case”, […]
Al-Sisi’s Visit to Brussels: No Red Carpet for Human Rights Violations
As EU officials prepare to welcome African heads of state for the EU-AU summit in Brussels on 17-18 February, 2022, 6 NGOs call on EU […]
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Civil Society Organizations Call on the European Union to Withdraw its Joint Candidacy with Egypt to Chair the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum
In light of Egypt’s alarming record of severe human rights violations, often “justified” in the name of counterterrorism, the undersigned civil society organizations are appalled […]
Extend the mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
In a letter released ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s 49th session (28 February-1 April 2022), a record number of 80 NGOs urge states to extend the mandate of […]
Joint statement: Participation of UN Secretary-General in Youth Forum provided cover for el-Sisi regime
Egypt’s World Youth Forum, held on 10-13 January 2022 in Sharm El-Sheikh “under the patronage of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi”, stands in stark contrast with […]
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Biden Administration’s Decision to Reprogram Military Aid to Egypt Is Necessary but Insufficient
Following the January 30 deadline, the Biden administration decided that it will reprogram $130 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) originally […]
Egypt: Quash verdicts and stop unjust trials by emergency courts
We, the undersigned organizations call on Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi to immediately quash the verdicts against seven arbitrarily detained human rights defenders, activists and politicians, […]
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